USN-3209-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3209-1
22nd February, 2017
linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software description
- linux
– Linux kernel - linux-raspi2
– Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2
Details
It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did
not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or
possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-10088)
Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel
mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual
machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash).
(CVE-2016-9588)
Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP
implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative
privileges. (CVE-2017-6074)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.8.0.39.50
-
linux-image-4.8.0-39-generic
4.8.0-39.42
-
linux-image-4.8.0-39-generic-lpae
4.8.0-39.42
- linux-image-generic 4.8.0.39.50
- linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.8.0.39.50
- linux-image-lowlatency 4.8.0.39.50
-
linux-image-4.8.0-39-lowlatency
4.8.0-39.42
-
linux-image-4.8.0-39-powerpc-smp
4.8.0-39.42
- linux-image-generic-lpae 4.8.0.39.50
-
linux-image-4.8.0-1026-raspi2
4.8.0-1026.29
-
linux-image-4.8.0-39-powerpc64-emb
4.8.0-39.42
- linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.8.0.39.50
- linux-image-raspi2 4.8.0.1026.29
-
linux-image-4.8.0-39-powerpc-e500mc
4.8.0-39.42
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.
References
Source: USN-3209-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
